Selected Commercial And General Aviation 2018 Photo Contest Entries
October 19, 2018
KLM Blue
Credit: Joost de Wit, Hoofddorp, Netherlands
Three KLM Boeing 737-800s are being prepared at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in the Netherlands for their evening flights. Both the old and new company liveries are visible. I took this photo just after sunset, during the famous "blue hour." But with a blue airplane arriving or departing every minute, any hour could be considered a "blue hour" at KLM's hub airport.
Morning Arrival
Credit: Shannon Sills, Tyrone, Georgia
A Delta Air Lines 767-400 breaking through low clouds on her morning arrival on Runway 26R at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
Flying Delta
Credit: Ben Ullings, Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands
The unique French-registered Verhees Delta D2 Dutch homebuilt "flying wing" flies over Belgium.
Sheremetyevo Airport, 2018
Credit: Leonid Faerberg, Moscow, Russia
An Aeroflot Russian Airlines Airbus A320 is captured at Sheremetyevo International Airport near Moscow
Cirrus at Dawn
Credit: Jim Koepnick, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Two Cirrus SR-22 aircraft fly above the clouds at dawn near Miami, Florida in November of 2017.
Balloons Over Bagan
Credit: Aaron Hollander, Westport, Connecticut
The view of beautiful ancient pagodas in Myanmar from the earliest flying perspective.
Ready for the Mail Run
Credit: Brent Taylor, Ottumwa, Iowa
This rare 1929 Pitcairn PA-6 Mailwing looks as if it's ready for the night mail run once again. The photo was taken at Antique Airfield, near Blakesburg, Iowa.
Historic Flight For United 747
Credit: Hayman Tam, Belmont, California
United Airlines' final Boeing 747 flight departs San Francisco on Nov. 7, 2017, recreating the first scheduled United 747 flight on July 23, 1970, from San Francisco to Honolulu.
American Airlines With an American Landmark
Credit: Jeffrey Magnet, Newton Centre, Massachusetts
An American Airlines Boeing 737-8 awaits departure from Washington Reagan National Airport with the U.S. Capitol in the background.
Veteran Pilot
Credit: Karel Mundel, Vrane nad Vltavou, Czech Republic
A man in a World War II pilot uniform poses in front of a well-restored Curtiss P-40 Warhawk.
K-MAX N357KA In Guayama, Puerto Rico
Credit: Mark Bennett, Apache Junction, Arizona
Framed by the dense foliage onto which power lines headed to San Juan, Puerto Rico, had fallen in the fury of Hurricane Maria, this K-MAX operated by Rotak Helicopter Services precisely lowers a high-tension power line tower support. The K-MAX placed supports and towers, hauling the fallen conductors out of the jungle.
Large Cargo Freighter
Credit: Ryohei Tsugami, Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan
A Boeing 747-400 Large Cargo Freighter operated by Atlas Air on final approach to Runway 15 at Anchorage International Airport in Alaska. Originally owned by Air China, the aircraft was sold to Boeing and converted to a freighter, then leased to Atlas, according to Aviation Week Fleet Discovery.
Heavenly Piaggio Avanti
Credit: Scott Stephens, Meridian, Mississippi
A Florida-based Piaggio P.180 Avanti makes a refueling stop under a wonderful sky at Key Field, Meridian, Mississippi.
Takeoff at London Luton Airport
Credit: Peter Ryan, Bedford, UK
Early summer departure of Easy Jet airliner from London Luton Airport. The photo was taken with Nikon D5 equipment.
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